Syrian government forces and their allies drove ISIS militants out of several villages northeast of Aleppo between Tuesday and Wednesday, opposition-aligned activists said, bringing them closer to territory held by Turkish-backed rebels. Advances in the last week have brought the Syrian army...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Ahrar al-Sham movement said it will stand in the face of powerful jihadist group of Fateh al-Sham after a series of attacks on moderate rebels groups this week, according to a voice message by general leader. Abu Ammar al-Omar, Ahrar al-Sham’s general commander, said his...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said Wednesday that Egypt was "on the right track" six years after the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Speaking in televised address commemorating the revolution, Sisi called on young activists who took part in mass protests in 2011 to work for...

The North Korean elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards young leader Kim Jong Un and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated country, North Korea's former deputy ambassador to London said on Wednesday. Thae Yong Ho defected to South Korea in...